cache-sexe

noun

-¦seks

plural -s

: a small garment (as a loincloth) worn to cover the genitals

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, sex hider, from cacher to hide + sexe sex, from Latin sexus

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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